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S DISCUSSION FOLLOWED ABOUT THE TERMINATION DATE OF THE INSURANCE PLAN, ON MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER LYONS, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER Loy, THE BOARD UNANIMOUSLY ACCEPTED THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE INSURANCE COMMITTEE TO SELECT THE AETNA BID, AND TO GIVE NOTICE TO BLUE CROSS FOR CANCELLATION. BEVERLY HALL, OF SOUTHERN BELL, NEXT PRESENTED A VIDEO DEMONSTRATION OF THE 911 SYSTEM - A FILM MADE IN OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA, DEPICTING THE FIRST SYSTEM OF THIS TYPE USED IN A PUBLIC SAFETY AGENCY. AFTER THE FILM, MS. HALL REVIEWED THE INFORMATION PACKETS THAT HAD BEEN DISTRIBUTED TO THE BOARD. DISCUSSION FOLLOWED ABOUT THE FILM, AND IT WAS DETERMINED THE 911 SYSTEM IS SUFFICIENTLY FLEXIBLE AND COULD CHANGE THE BOUNDARIES IN THE CITY AND COUNTY BY SIMPLY SETTING IT INTO THE COMPUTER. THAT IS, WHEN A CALL IS RECEIVED ON THE 911 SYSTEM, IMMEDIATELY THE ADDRESS IS DISPLAYED, WHICH WOULD APPEAR ON THE SHERIFFS CONSOLE AND THE POLICE DEPARTMENTS CONSOLE. COMMISSIONER LYONS COMMENTED THAT THE COUNTY IS TALKING ABOUT HAVING ANOTHER FIRE DISTRICT, AND WONDERED IF THERE WAS A POSSI- BILITY OF ADDING A CODE TO THE ADDRESS SO THAT THE DISPATCHER WOULD KNOW WHAT FIRE DISTRICT IT WOULD BE IN, AND MS. HALL ANSWERED THAT IT COULD BE DONE, CHAIRMAN SIEBERT DISCUSSED HAVING THE 911 SYSTEM AUTOMATICALLY BUILT IN THE TELEPHONE SYSTEM, MS. HALL ADVISED THAT THE STATE DID MANDATE THE 911 SYSTEM BE INTRODUCED INTO EVERY COUNTY BUT WAS UNABLE TO SUPPORT IT AS THERE WERE NO FUNDS AVAILABLE. COMMISSIONER LYONS INFORMED THE BOARD THAT HE WROTE TO THE PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION REGARDING THE POSSIBILITY OF PUTTING THE COST OF THE 911 SYSTEM AS A CHARGE TO THE TELEPHONE SUBSCRIBERS, AND INQUIRED IF THEY KNEW OF A COUNTY WHO HAD DONE THIS. DISCUSSION FOLLOWED ABOUT BEING ABLE TO RETAIN THE INFORMATION THAT APPEARS ON THE SCREEN AND IT WAS DETERMINED THAT A COPY COULD BE MADE IMMEDIATELY. 29